Child obesity

[Cuchilo]

I read something interesting the other day that i didn't know and i'm still not sure about it but it said ......
By the time a person is around 16 years of age their fat cells ( probably the wrong term ) will dictate how fat they can get later in life .
The reason this interested me is because i was always a skinny kid doing gymnastics early on and then rugby and running at school . Now i'm in my 40's i get worried that i'm not putting on weight but according to this information it's because i just cant .
Anyone more edumactated than me have an opinion on this ?

 

[screenman]

Yes.

 

[Cuchilo]

Yes.

Care to expand .... If you are able too .

 

[wheresthetorch]

I was extremely skinny as a child, but was recently described as 'that fat, bald bastard'; so I must have changed a bit.

 

[JtB]

I weighed 60kg when I got married at the age of 23, I don't weigh 60kg now.

 

[screenman]

Care to expand .... If you are able too .

Yes I have an opinion on it, it varies from the expert one. I feel anyone on the wrong diet can become obese.

 

[Cuchilo]

Yes I have an opinion on it, it varies from the expert one. I feel anyone on the wrong diet can become obese.

That's also my thinking but i cant seem to put it on no matter what i eat . Then again if i eat crap food for too long then i just feel like shoot so stop eating it . I guess i'm just not strong enough to get fat

 

[screenman]

None of the healthy non obese people I know eat as much or as poorly as the obese one's do.

 

[vickster]

That's also my thinking but i cant seem to put it on no matter what i eat . Then again if i eat crap food for too long then i just feel like shoot so stop eating it . I guess i'm just not strong enough to get fat

Maybe you have an underlying health condition? Thyroid been tested?

 

[screenman]

Have you ever kept an honest food diary.

 

[Cuchilo]

Have you ever kept an honest food diary.

No .

 

[screenman]

No .

It is quite an interesting thing to do.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

I log every calorie I eat, I also log every exercise I do. As to be honest, I'm a terrible eater, and it helps me to lose weight.

Ignoring all the fad diets, losing weight is a case of using more calories than taking in, if you take in more calories than you use, you will gain weight.

If you take those calories with excess protein and have muscles under strain you will build muscle. If not, you will end up with fat.

So if you can't put weight on, you're simply not taking in enough calories.

Keep a food log, something like MyFitnessPal on a smartphone makes it easy. Look at what calories you take in, and weigh yourself weekly.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I read something interesting the other day that i didn't know and i'm still not sure about it but it said ......
By the time a person is around 16 years of age their fat cells ( probably the wrong term ) will dictate how fat they can get later in life .
The reason this interested me is because i was always a skinny kid doing gymnastics early on and then rugby and running at school . Now i'm in my 40's i get worried that i'm not putting on weight but according to this information it's because i just cant .
Anyone more edumactated than me have an opinion on this ?

IIRC you heard correctly.
By about 16 you've laid down the total number of fat cells that you'll have in your life time BUT that doesn't mean they can't get bigger later in life .... which is what they often do!

 

[slowmotion]

There's a quite strong genetic component. Something to do with mitochondria in brown adipose tissue.....